Combination garment



Aug. 18, 1936. DQRN 2,051,437

COMBINATION GARMENT Filed Oct. 31, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Aug. 18, 1936. N. F. DORN 2,051,437

COMBINATION GARMENT Filed oct. 51, 1955 2' Sheets-Sheet 2 11 02 0 FDOI'VL,

di k/W Patented Aug. 18, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 4 Claims.

.This invention relates to garments, and has particular reference to a combination outer garment comprising a'body covering portion in the form of a cape, coat or the like, and an attached 8 head covering portion in the form of a helmet or hood.

An object of the invention is to provide a combination garment of the character mentioned which is cheap and easy to make, which is strong and durable, and-which is so constructed that the head covering portion or hood thereof may readily be folded to lie flatly against the back of the body covering portion when it is not in use, and which may equally as readily be unfolded or turned into head covering position.

Another object of the invention is to provide on the hood of the garment a band element which normally lies flatly against the upper front portion of the hood when the latter is in head covering position and which may be turned forwardly and downwardly relative to the hood, to afford a visor-like covering or additional protection element for the upper part of the face.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combination garment of the character mentioned in which the hood constitutes a bag into which the remaining portions of the garment may be folded for carrying purposes; and to provide in this connection a hanger strap for the garment which constitutes a handle for the bag when the garment is folded.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment of the character mentioned which is of neat and attractive appearance both when worn as a cape, coat or the like with the hood folded, and when worn with the hood in head covering position.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will become more fully apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction of a combination garment of the character mentioned, and in the novel combination of features thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings, wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the different views:

Figures 1, 2 and 3 are front, side and back views, respectively, of the garment with the hood thereof in folded position against the back of the garment.

Figures 4 and 5 are front and side views, re-

spectively, of the garment with the hood thereof in head covering position.

Figures 6 and 7 are views similar to Figs. 4 and 5, respectively, showing the visor-like element of the hood turned forwardly an downwardly relative to the hood.

Figure 8 is a rear view of the garment as illustrated in Figs. 4 to '7.

Figure 9 is a central, vertical sectional view through the garment with the hood in folded 10 position.

Figure 10 is a central vertical sectional view through the garment with the hood in head covering position.

Figure 11 is a view of the garment in flattened out condition looking toward the inside thereof.

Figure 12 is a view of the garment looking toward the rear thereof with the hood partly unfolded.

Figure 13 is a perspective view showing the body portions of the garment folded into the hood thereof for carrying purposes; and

Figure 14 is a transverse section through the folded garment as illustrated in Fig. 13.

Referring to the drawings in detail, it will be observed that the present combination garment consists principally of a body covering portion designated generally as A, and a head covering portion or hood designated generally as B.

The body covering portion A may be formed in any desired manner either from a single piece of any suitable material or from any desired plurality of pieces of material into any desired form. It may, for example, be formed either as a cape, a coat or as a union suit. In the present instance it is illustrated as comprising a cape formed from a single piece of material by cutting a substantially semi-circular recess H1 in the material and by pleating the material at said recess, as at H, to form the neck opening and to provide for proper draping of the cape over the shoulders when the free edge portions l2, I! of the material are brought together to form the front of the cape.

The hood B is composed of two pieces of material designated as i3 and M, of which the piece 53 is of substantially crescent shape and the piece i4 is of substantially semi-circular shape, these two pieces being secured together along their convex edges by a seam l5 so that, together, they form a bag of substantially semi-circular shape.

The piece $3 of substantially crescent shape is connected along its convex edge with the body portion A along the edge of the substantially 55 semi-circular recess in thereof by a seam IS, the

hood and the body portion thus being perma-- nently united. Alternatively, however, the hood and the body portion may, if desired, be separably connected by fasteners of any suitable type. In any event, the front portions of the piece l3 extend forwardly at opposite sides of the recess l0, respectively, substantially to the free edge portions I2, I 2 of the body A and thereby constitute the forward, collar portions of the garment when the hood either is folded as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3, or is opened as illustrated in Figs. 4 to 8.

The straight, free edge of the piece I4 is suitably spaced rearwardly from the front end or collar portions of the substantially cresc'entshaped piece l3 so that when the hood is folded as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3 and 9 the said straight, free edge of the piece ll extends across the back of the body portion A adjacent to the neck seam l6.

Formed either as a folded-over part of the piece I or as a separate piece of material attached along one straight edge thereof to the straight, free edge of the piece I, is a band I! of any desired width which extends from side to side of the hood B and which is fastened at its ends by the seam l5 which joins together the convex edges of the pieces I3 and I4. As appears from Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings, this band may afford an attractive finish for the upper, front portion of the hood when the latter is open, or, as appears from Figs. 6 and 7, it may be turned downwardly and forwardly to afford a visor-like covering for the upper part of the face.

At suitably spaced points along the free edge portions l2, I2 of the body A are secured male and female snap fastener elements l8 and I9 or any other suitable devices for fastening together the said free edge portions of the body A at the front of the garment. Similarly, one of the collar forming free or forward end portions of the substantially crescent-shaped piece I3 is provided with a male snap fastener element 20 or its equivalent, and the other is provided with a cooperating female snap fastener element 2| or its equivalent, whereby the said collar portions may be fastened together in raised, throat and chin covering and protecting positions as illustrated in Figs. 4 to 8 of the drawings.

At the inner side of the body A, adjacent to the neck seam I6, is a transversely-extending strap 22 which may be of any suitable length and which is suitably fastened at its ends to said body portion as, for example, at the pleats l I. This strap may be employed for hanging the garment on a support when the garment is not in use and constitutes a handle for carrying the garment when it is folded into the bag comprised by the pieces l3 and I4, as will presently be more fully explained.

Completing the garment is a pair of female snap fastener elements 23 which are attached to the free or straight edge portion of the piece l4 and disposed in suitably spaced relationship to each other equal distances to either side of the center of the piece H; a pair of equally spaced male snap fastener elements 24 at the rear of the body A adjacent to the neck seam l6; and a second pair of equally'spaced male snap fastener elements 25 on the strap 22 at the inner side thereof, the elements 24 and 25 being alined and having, for example, common fastening threads or equivalent fastening means assisting in securing the strap 22 to the back of the body A.

When the hood B is in folded position lying against the back of the body A as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3 and 9 of the drawings, the piece 5 l4 underlies the piece l3 and the forward or collar portions of the latter piece extend from the shoulders forwardly to the neck of the garment. In this relationship of the body and the hood, the female snap fastener elements adja- 10 cent to the free, straight edge of the piece H are engaged with the male snap fastener elements 24 at the back and adjacent to the neck of the body A and thereby support the piece ll against sagging. Also, in this relationship of the 15 body and the hood the band element [1 overlies the piece H and is disposed between said piece l4 and the piece 13. The garment as thus worn is neat and attractive either as a cape, coat or the like.

When it is desired to employ the hood B as a head covering the pieces l3 and I4 are lifted and the snap fasteners 24 are disengaged from the snap fasteners 23. Both pieces l3 and I4 then are swung upwardly to bring the piece [3 25 against the back of the head of the wearer of the garment and the piece I4 then is turned inside-out so to speak relative to the piece I! thereby to extend forwardly from the piece I: over the top of the head, as illustrated in Figs. 30 4 to 8 and 10. This results in the band element I! being disposed at the upper or outer side of the piece 14 where it extends across the forward part of the head and affords a neat and attractive finish for the hood. If, then, it is desired 35 to provide additional covering and protection for .the face of the wearer if the garment the band I! may be turned forwardly and downwardly as illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings. Also, the forward or free end, collar forming portions of the piece l3 may either be left unfastened or they may be fastened to each other in neck enclosing relationship by the fastener elements 20, 2|. As worn with the hood B covering the head and with the band either raised or lowered and the collar portions either fastened or unfastened the garment also is of neat and attractive appearance and afl'ords exceptionally complete protection of the head and shoulders against rain, snow, and wind.

If it is desired to carry the garment for emergency use in case of inclement weather the same may be folded into convenient hand-bag form as illustrated in Figs. 13 and 14. To do this, the snap fasteners 24 are disengaged from the snap fasteners 23 and the entire body portion A is turned into the space between the pieces l3 and M in a manner to bring the strap 22 to the open v mouth of the bag constituted by said pieces l3 and I4. The snap fasteners 23 and 25 then are 60 engaged with each other, which closes the mouth of the bag and leaves the strap 22 free at the mouth thereof to be used as a handle for carrying the bag.

Without further description it is thought that 5 the features and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and it will of course be understood that changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of the invention and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:-

1. A combination garment comprising a body portion and a hood, the body portion having a neck opening, the hood comprising a substantially crescent-shaped piece and a substantially semi-circularly-shaped piece each having a convex edge and fastened together along their convex edges, the substantially crescent-shaped piece having a concave edge and being attached along its concave edge to the body portion along the edge of the neck opening thereof, the substantially semi-circularly shaped piece having a substantially straight edge, and a band element connected along one edge to the substantially straight edge of the substantially semi-circularly shaped piece and free at its opposite edge and fastened at its ends at the line of attachment of the hood pieces to each other for outward and downward folding to overlie the upper portion of the face of the wearer of the garment when the hood is in head covering position.

2. A combination garment comprising a body portion and a hood, the body portion having a neck opening, the hood comprising a substantially crescent-shaped piece and a substantially semi-circularly-shaped piece having correspondingly curved convex edges and fastened together along said edges so as to lie flatly in bag forming superimposed relationship, the substantially crescent-shaped piece being attached along its concave edge to the body portion along the edge of the neck opening thereof so that the said head pieces when flatly superimposed may be turned against the back of the garment and may lie flatly thereagainst, a snap fastener element on the back of the body portion adjacent to the neck opening thereof, and a snap fastener element on the substantially semi-circularly-shaped piece adjacent to the straight edge thereof to be engaged with said first mentioned snap fastener element to hold the semi-circularly-shaped piece attached to the body portion and against sagging when the hood is folded against the back of the body portion with the substantially semi-circularly-shaped piece underlying the substantially crescent-shaped piece.

3. A combination garment comprising a body portion and a hood, the body portion having a neck opening, the hood comprising a substantially crescent-shaped piece and a substantially semi-circularly shaped piece fastened together along their convex edges, the substantially crescent-shaped piece being attached along its concave edge to the body portion along the edge of the neck opening thereof, a strap extending transversely across the rear of the body portion at the inner side thereof adjacent to the neck opening and attached at its ends to said body portion, snap fastener elements on said strap, and cooperating snapfastener elements on the substantially semi-circularly shaped piece adjae cent to the free straight edge thereof whereby, when the body portion is folded into the bag comprised by the substantially crescent-shaped and substantially semi-circular portions said snap fasteners may be engaged with each other to close the mouth of the bag and the strap may be used as a handle for carrying the bag.

4. A combination garment comprising a body portion and an attached hood, the hood including a bag into which the body portion is foldable, cooperating fastening elements on a part of the body and a part of the hood, respectively, for closing the mouth of the bag when the body portion is folded therein, and a hanger strap on the body portion disposed to constitute a handle for carrying the bag when the body portion is folded therein and the mouth of the bag is closed.

I NORA F. DORN. 

